Door-flapper.



E. e. SIMPSON.

D003 FLAPPER. APPLlCA'TlON. FILED MAY 5. 8917.

1,276,276. Patented Aug..20, 191s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FISHER BODY CORPO- RATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DOOR-FLAPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

- Application filed May 5, 1917. Serial No. 166,518.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMORY GLENN SIMP- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Door-Flappers, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to stamped metal flappers used on automobile doors to guide the Windows. It has for its object a flapper made from a stamping which gives strength and enables the device to be made at small cost. The details of construction appear in the description following, in which Figure 1 is a perspective of the flapper showing it turned down.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the flapper attached to the door upright and with one of the door top rails removed. I

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the two flappers on a door showing them turned down.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of the anchor upon which the guiding member is pivoted.

The flapper anchor comprises a sheet of metal bent to form a wing 0, which can be screwed tov the inside of the top rail of the door. The main web I) is provided with screw holes and is looped at the top to form the knuckle 0 through which passes the pin 03 to pivot the stamped flapper guide e, the latter simply being a channel strip bent back at the bottom where it is pivoted. After forming the loop the metal continues in a horizontal plane forming the top plate 7 that rests on top of the side upright of the door. The metal then continues down, forming a flange 9 provided with screw holes for attachment to the outside of the side upright of the door. I

On the inside of the web 7; and on the under side of the plate 7'' is spot-welded a reinforcing strip 2', which is also bored to provide screw holes.

This anchor sets right over the side upright of the door and against the top rail of the door and may be screwed to the inside and the outside of'the side upright and to the inside of the top rail, consequently firmly anchoring the flapper in the interior door construction.

From the above description, it Will be seen that the anchor or base comprises cssentially only one piece, which can be fashber fastened to the web and fastened to the plate for reinforcing the anchor and tying the loop ends together.

2. In a door flapper, an anchor comprising a stamping formed up into a web with a Wing turned at right angles for attachment to the door top rail, the said web continuing on at the top to form a loop for hinging purposes, thence continuing on at right angles to form a plate to rest on top of the side upright of the door, thence turned at right angles and down for attachment to the side upright, and a reinforcing member fastened to the inside of the web and turned over at its top and fastened to the inside of the said plate, substantially as described.

3. In a door flapper,'an anchor com rising stamped sheet metal formedinto a we capable of ensheathing the top and upper portions of the side upright of the door frame and provided with means for securing the same to such side upright, the sheet metal at the top being looped to form a knuckle for the flapper pin, and a reinforcing plate welded to the sheet metal at opposite sides of the loop.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON.

Copies oi this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

